US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT3325

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KUWAIT 003325 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, NEA/PPD, LONDON FOR TSOU; PARIS FOR 
ZEYA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER, KPAO, KISL, PREL, SCUL, KU 
SUBJECT: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS 
 
1. SUMMARY: Kuwaiti writers rallied around Egypt in the 
wake of the July 23 Sharm El-Sheikh bombings condemning the 
acts and seeking to assign blame. Most commentators 
foreswore blaming the acts on Israeli perfidy or U.S. 
policy, as has been the case after previous attacks 
elsewhere. Some sought to frame the fight against terrorism 
in the larger context of the struggle for ideas within the 
Arab World. Writing in Al-Anba on July 25, Salah Al-Sayer 
wrote: "Egypt bleeds and the innocent are dying in Sharm 
El-Sheikh. The episodes of terrorism still continue. It is 
a war between mankind and Satan. It is a struggle between 
good and evil. It is a confrontation between tolerance and 
hatred, between death and life." END SUMMARY. 
 
2. Writing in pro-government daily Al-Seyassah on July 24, 
Dr. Khalid Al-Jenfawi wrote: "The criminals who are 
responsible for the Sharm El-Sheikh tragedy must realize 
that Egypt will eventually win the battle against the 
terrorists and seek revenge for the sake of the people, the 
innocent victims, be they Egyptians, guests, Arab or 
foreign tourists. Those who have closely followed the 
criminal activities of the terrorists in London, Sharm El- 
Sheikh, and other places on the planet, will have 
inevitably observed that this stupid phenomenon will be 
surmounted sooner rather than later because of their anti- 
life ideology." 
 
3. Writing in Al-Watan on July 24, Kuwait Journalists' 
Association Advisor Dr. Ayed Al-Manna wrote: "We say that 
as long as the Takfir terrorist current finds its way to 
British Muslims, it will try to subvert the British 
security measures which have been adopted to deter 
terrorism. As such we expect the terrorists to issue fatwas 
to approve the killing of British security forces and 
officials, given the fact that this has been happening in 
some Islamic countries such as Egypt, Algeria, Iraq and 
Saudi Arabia." 
 
4. Writing in pro-government daily Al-Seyassah on July 24, 
Amer Al-Tamimi, former head of the Kuwait Economic Society, 
wrote: "These terrorist attacks and violent actions can 
only be understood as a direct reaction to political 
struggles in the region. It is easy to recruit young minds, 
brainwash them and send them on suicide missions to 
unprotected institutions and facilities. The political 
environment in the region nurtured these naive individuals, 
who agreed to become tools in the hands of criminals.  We 
would not have these people if we did not have an 
environment that nurtures radical extremist ideologies. 
Those who believe that these schools of extremist thought 
and radical ideologies were the result of injustices 
towards Arabs, or even a direct outcome of the Palestinian- 
Israeli conflict -- these people must take a look at 
matters from a wider perspective." 
 
5. Naher Al-Mukrad, writing in Al-Watan on July 25, wrote: 
"Regardless of the terrorists' plans and crimes, Egypt will 
remain a solid and steadfast rock. It will not be shaken or 
weakened by the actions of some ignorant boys, whose own 
destiny is failure and abolition. The assassination of the 
Egyptian Ambassador to Iraq was a horrible crime, yet Egypt 
did not kneel down. These ugly crimes are only indications 
of the nature of the barbaric mercenaries that plan and 
execute such acts. These crimes will only add to the 
solidarity of Egypt's leadership and people." 
 
6. Writing in Al-Anba on July 25, Salah Al-Sayer wrote: 
"Egypt bleeds and the innocent are dying in Sharm El- 
Sheikh. The episodes of terrorism still continue. It is a 
war between mankind and Satan. It is a struggle between 
good and evil. It is a confrontation between tolerance and 
hatred, between death and life. In this case the world will 
either be enlightened or the sun will cease to give its 
light and throw the world into cold darkness . It is a holy 
war which will take place in the minds, not in the 
battlefields, a war which will see no victory until the 
obsolete cultures are defeated." 
 
7. Writing in Al-Watan on July 25, Abdul Mohsen Al-Husseini 
wrote: "The bombings carried out at dawn Saturday in the 
tourist resort of Sharm El-Sheikh were seemingly engineered 
to target the innocent. I hope those who were cheering the 
so-called 'Iraqi Resistance' wake up, get rid of their 
ignorance and realize that those who are currently involved 
in barbaric and brutal terrorist operations in Iraq are 
neither patriots nor human beings; they are wild beasts. 
These terrorists are planning to kill everybody, 
irrespective of their nationality, simply because for them 
all people are infidels who must be killed. In other words, 
it is a war against humanity. I hope all of us will realize 
the objectives of terrorists who are fighting the world, 
and that we must cooperate and get rid of them." 
 
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